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The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Case front, with insert.

Text:

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A Robert Stigwood Production
TIMES SQUARE
	Featuring Music Of:
SUZI QUATRO, THE PRETENDERS, ROXY MUSIC,
GARY NUMAN, MARCY LEVY & ROBIN GIBB, TALKING HEADS, JOE JACKSON,	
	XTC, THE RAMONES, ROBIN JOHNSON TRINI ALVARADO,
THE RUTS, D.L. BYRON, LOU REED, DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE, 
GARLAND JEFFREYS, THE CURE, PATTI SMITH GROUP, DAVID JOHANSEN
ENTIRE 2-RECORD SET
RSO
CT-2-4203
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The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Case back, with insert.

Text:
SIDE ONE / 34:55
Rock Hard / Talk Of The Town / Same Old Scene
Down In The Park / Help Me! / Life During Wartime
Pretty Boys / Take This Town / I Wanna Be Sedated / Damn Dog
SIDE TWO / 31:05
Your Daughter Is One / Babylon's Burning / You Can’t Hurry Love 
alk On The Wild Side / The Night Was Not / Innocent, Not Guilty 
ng Halt / Pissing In The River / Flowers In The City / Damn D
%nbsp;
The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.

Case spine, with insert.

Text:

ENTIRE
2-RECORD SET
THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
TIMES SQUARE / Various Artists
CT-2-4203
(3524 222)
STEREO
 

Yes, there already is a cassette copy of the soundtrack represented here, but it’s the Canadian edition. Somehow I’ve managed to neglect to upload any of the other cassettes I’ve glommed onto, so here is a first step to rectifying that.

I also don’t know why it was that the US edition was the second one I found. There seem to be, or at least for a good long while there seemed to be, a lot of Canadian cassettes around compared to US ones.

The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Insert, outside.
Text:

SIDE ONE / 34:55
Rock Hard / Talk Of The Town / Same Old Scene
Down In The Park / Help Me! / Life During Wartime
Pretty Boys / Take This Town / I Wanna Be Sedated / Damn Dog
SIDE TWO / 31:05
Your Daughter Is One / Babylon’s Burning / You Can’t Hurry Love
Walk On The Wild Side / The Night Was Not / Innocent, Not Guilty
Grinding Halt / Pissing In The River / Flowers In The City / Damn Dog
ENTIRE THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
2-REC0RD SET TIMES SQUARE / Various Artists
CT-2-4203
(3524 222)
STEREO
TIMES SQUARE
Featuring Music Of:
SUZI QUATRO, THE PRETENDERS, ROXY MUSIC,
GARY NUMAN, MARCY LEVY & ROBIN GIBB, TALKING HEADS, JOE JACKSON,
XTC, THE RAMONES, ROBIN JOHNSON & TRINI ALVARADO,
THE RUTS, D.L. BYRON, LOU REED, DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE,
GARLAND JEFFREYS, THE CURE, PATTI SMITH GROUP, DAVID JOHANSEN.
ENTIRE 2-RECORD SET
RSO
CT-2-4203
THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
TIMES SQUARE/Various Artists
Side One 34:55
Rock Hard - Suzi Quatro '*
©1980 Dreamland Records, Inc.
Talk Of The Town - The Pretenders ©1980 Real Records Same Old Scene - Roxy Music ©1980 Atlantic Recording Corporation Down In The Park - Gary Numan ©1979 A Beggars Banquet Recording Help Me! - Marcy Levy and Robin Gibb ©1980 YAM, Inc.
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
©1979 Sire Records Company Pretty Boys - Joe Jackson ©1980 RSO Records, Inc.
Take This Town - XTC ©1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones ©1978 Sire Records, Inc.
Damn Dog - Robin Johnson ®1980 RSO Records, Inc.
continued on reverse side
© 1980 BUTTERFLY VALLEY NV
©1980 RSO Records, Inc.
Manufactured & Marketed by RSO Records, Inc.
8335 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069 Distributed by Polygram Distribution, Inc.
810 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019 Printed in U.S.A./All Rights Reserved.
Unautherized Duplication is a Violation of Applicable Laws.
 
The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Insert, inside.
Text:

Side Two 31:05
Your Daughter Is One - Robin Johnson and Trini Alvarado ©1980 RSO Records, Inc.
Babylon’s Burning - The Ruts ©1979 Virgin Records Ltd.
You Can’t Hurry Love - D. L. Byron ©1980 Arista Records, Inc.
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed ©1972 RCA Records The Night Was Not - Desmond Child and Rouge
©1979 Capitol Records, Inc.
Innocent, Not Guilty - Garland Jeffreys ©1980 RSO Records, Inc.
Grinding Halt - The Cure
©1979 Fiction Records
Pissing ln The River - Patti Smith Group
©1976 Arista Records, Inc.
Flowers In The City - David Johansen and Robin Johnson ©1980 Blue Sky Records, Inc.
Damn Dog (Reprise-The Cleo Club) - Robin Johnson ©1980 RSO Records, Inc.
Album Executive Producer: Bill Oakes
RSO
CT-2-4203
P.D.I. warrants that this cassette is free from defects in material and workmanship.
If any manufacturing defect becomes apparent within 30 days of purchase, the
defective cassette will be replaced free of charge with a new copy of the same
recording subject to its return by the consumer by prepaid mail with the original
sales receipt and a letter specifying the defect, direct to:
POLYGRAM DISTRIBUTION, INC., WARRANTY DEPT.
180 MILL ROAD, EDISON, NJ 08817
Replacement will not be made if the tape has been altered, repaired or misused through
negligence, shows signs of excessive wear or is damaged by playback equipment.
This warranty is made in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied, and
shall be inapplicable if the plastic cassette has been opened. Printed in U.S.A.
This cassette has been recorded using Dolby B-type noise reduction
equipment. On a Dolby equipped deck switch Dolby noise reduction | ][ || DOLBY SYSTEM |® “on.” On non-Dolby equipment treble setting may be reduced
 

The US edition, though, is far more elaborate than the Canadian one, which looks in comparison like a budget release. While it doesn’t reproduce any of the LP’s inside gatefold artwork or the back cover, it does have all the liner notes — so much text that it required both sides of the insert.

The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Cassette shell, side 1.
Text:

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / TIMES SQUARE
Rock Hard / Talk Of The Town / Same Old Scene
Down In The Park / Help Me! / Life During Wartime
Pretty Boys / Take This Town / I Wanna Be Sedated / Damn Dog
(15)
34:55
1
CT-2-4203
©1980 BUTTERFLY VALLEY NV
℗ 1980 RSO Records, Inc.
 
The USA edition of the cassette version of the "Times Square" soundtrack.
Cassette shell, side 2.

Text:

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / TIMES SQUARE
Your Daughter Is One / Babylon's Burning / You Can't Hurry Love
Walk On The Wild Side / The Night Was Not / Innocent, Not Guilty
Grinding Halt / Pissing In The River / Flowers In The City / Damn Dog
(15)
2
31:05
 © 1980 BUTTERFLY VALLEY NV
℗ 1980 RSO Records, Inc
CT-2-4203
RSO
 

This specific copy sure seems to have been well-used. It makes me sad nowadays to contemplate the reasons why an item like this that obviously meant something to its owner ended up in the wild to find its way to me as a curio.

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